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CARLING CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION

The Hollywoodbets Sharks XV upset the odds when they edged the Fidelity ADT Lions in a pulsating final in Johannesburg in 2024, dethroning 2023 season champions the Toyota Cheetahs. The Airlink Pumas (2022) and Vodacom Bulls (2020 and 2021) are other recent champions. These teams were joined in the 2024 Premier Division by the DHL WP, Suzuki Griquas and the Novavit Griffons. This season, the teams were divided into two groups of four each by virtue of 2023’s standings, playing home and away matches within their respective groups plus a single round of games against sides in the opposite group. In the end, the top four sides on the combined log progressed to the semi-finals - the Lions, Bulls, Sharks and Cheetahs.

The history

The Currie Cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world, with the first games played in 1889, but it was only in 1892 that it became officially known as the Currie Cup. The original participating unions were Western Province, Griqualand West, Transvaal and Eastern Province. The first tournament was held in Kimberley and was won by Western Province. The Currie Cup trophy was donated to South Africa in 1891 by the touring British Isles team - it was given to the tourists by Sir Donald Currie, owner of Union-Castle Lines, the shipping company that transported them to the southern tip of Africa. Sir Donald was clear with his instructions – hand this trophy over to the team in South Africa that gives you the best game. After a spirited display where the unbeaten British Lions narrowly won 3-0, Griqualand West became the first ever holders of the Currie Cup.

Currie Cup Premier Division 2024 table
Pos Team PL W L D PF PA DIFF TF TA PTS
1
Fidelity ADT Lions
10 9 1 0 437 215 222 62 31 43
2
Vodacom Bulls
10 7 2 1 384 266 118 54 37 38
3
Hollywoodbets Sharks
10 6 3 1 351 258 93 48 35 35
4
Toyota Cheetahs
10 5 4 1 352 281 71 50 36 30
5
Suzuki Griquas
10 4 6 0 310 356 -46 46 51 24
6
Airlink Pumas
10 4 5 1 331 391 -60 46 57 24
7
DHL Western Province
10 3 7 0 311 314 -3 41 39 20
8
NovaVit Griffons
10 0 10 0 185 580 -395 27 88 3

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RESULTS

21 Sep|Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg

Fidelity ADT Lions

14 - 16

Hollywoodbets Sharks

14 Sep|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Vodacom Bulls

40 - 40

Hollywoodbets Sharks

14 Sep|Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg

Fidelity ADT Lions

43 - 34

Toyota Cheetahs

08 Sep|Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban

Hollywoodbets Sharks

24 - 18

Vodacom Bulls

CARLING CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION

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